Best Dedication to the Art of Bartending

Tiger, the daytime bartender at the Tap Room

Staff Pick

Tending bar is like selling matches to pyromaniacs and hoping
nothing catches on fire. Think about it: Booze makes people crazy, and
bartenders manage that madness—and nobody handles it more
gracefully than Tiger, the daytime bartender at the Tap Room for more
than 50 years. Tolerance isn't his only virtue, though; he's also
humble, a gifted margarita-maker and one of the most compassionate
folks you'll ever meet. He's also quick with a joke or comment and is
sure to utter his signature line upon reading this: "Oh, go suck on a
dill pickle." The face of downtown has changed quite a bit, but Tiger
never has, and we're a better (and more inebriated) city because of
it.